Franz Augsberger

Franz Augsberger (10 October 1905-19 March 1945) was an Austrian Nazi and an SS Brigadefuehrer who commanded the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS during World War II.

Biography
Franz Augsberger was born on 10 October 1905 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, and he joined the Austrian Nazi Party and Sturmabteilung in 1930. He was the Nazis' head of propaganda until the party was outlawed in Austria in 1933, leading to Augsberger moving to Germany. He served as an Schutzstaffel training school teacher from 1934 to 1939, and he became a regimental commander during World War II. In October 1942, he was given command of a brigade of Estonian Waffen-SS soldiers, which would become the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS. He was killed in action while leading his unit against a Soviet encirclement at Oppeln in Silesia (Opole, Poland) on 19 March 1945.